Information World Review articles from November 2005

Information World Review archives from November 2005

One man's facts Forget 9/11. Forget Katrina, Rita and Wilma. The real issues of our time are not cultures colliding or Mother Nature's retribution for greenhouse gases (the War on Terror and the War on Terra). We're living through a grand rebalancing of t.
November 7, 2005... Byline: Bobby Pickering One man's facts Forget 9/11. Forget Katrina, Rita and Wilma. The real issues of our time are not cultures colliding or Mother Nature's retribution for greenhouse gases (the War on Terror and the War on Terra)....

Macmillan takes on Google Print.
November 7, 2005... Byline: Mark Chillingworth Macmillan takes on Google Print Mark Chillingworth Publishers wary of putting their titles online with Google can now side with publishing giant Macmillan, which, with its parent company Holtzbrinck...

11 Special report E-books are back 15 Conference report STM in the spotlight 19 Opinion/Letters 20 Profile Inside the OUP 23 Five-year plans Strategy documents 26 A social man Conversations with the BBC's Euan Semple 31 Group test Blogging tools 35.
November 7, 2005... Byline: BP 11 Special report E-books are back 15 Conference report STM in the spotlight 19 Opinion/Letters 20 Profile Inside the OUP 23 Five-year plans Strategy documents 26 A social man ...

AAP files lawsuit against Google Print library project The Association of American Publishers (AAP) has filed a lawsuit against Google seeking an injunction against the Print for Libraries project. The suit was filed on behalf of publishers McGraw-Hill, P.
November 7, 2005... Byline: mark chillingworth AAP files lawsuit against Google Print library project The Association of American Publishers (AAP) has filed a lawsuit against Google seeking an injunction against the Print for Libraries project. The suit...

Big players get sociable Announcements last month of information industry acquisitions indicate that recent innovations in social computing -- such as blogs and wikis -- are coming of age. AOL revealed it had agreed to buy Weblogs Inc, a network of 85 blog.
November 7, 2005... Byline: Katherine Allen Big players get sociable Announcements last month of information industry acquisitions indicate that recent innovations in social computing -- such as blogs and wikis -- are coming of age. AOL revealed it...

Content Selection Committee to give greater Scopus Elsevier's abstracting and indexing service, Scopus, launched last year, has formed a Content Selection Committee. The committee is made up of 20 scientists from a wide range of scientific disciplines and.(Google Inc.)(John Wiley & Sons Inc.)(Nunwood Consulting Ltd.)
November 7, 2005... Byline: mark chillingworth Content Selection Committee to give greater Scopus Elsevier's abstracting and indexing service, Scopus, launched last year, has formed a Content Selection Committee. The committee is made up of 20 scientists...

LexisNexis fine tunes legal eagle database.
November 7, 2005... Byline: Eira Hayward LexisNexis fine tunes legal eagle database When we last looked at LexisNexis Butterworths service we felt it was far from intuitive - and that it would slow down lawyers in a hurry. Eira Hayward finds that...

Pointing your peers in the right direction.
November 7, 2005... Byline: mark chillingworth Pointing your peers in the right direction Connotea is a "social bookmarking" trailblazer that enables scientists to quickly and easily share and tag the online resources they find valuable in their work....

New face of Walford on the starter's block.
November 7, 2005... Byline: Bobby Pickering New face of Walford on the starter's block The first volume in a major three-part upgrading of the Walford Guide to Reference Material goes half way to meeting the demands of a publishing world turned upside...

Don't end up on the TIP.(traditional information professionals)(The New Information Professional)(Critical essay)(Brief article)
November 7, 2005... Byline: Tracey Caldwell Don't end up on the TIP Sue Myburgh warns that traditional information professionals (TIPs) have become an endangered species. Tracey Caldwell looks at her theories and predictions This book has an...

Cambridge Online gets pushy.
November 7, 2005... Byline: mark chillingworth Cambridge Online gets pushy New Cambridge Journals Online platform can be configured to deliver the content you want -- so you don't have to go searching for it. Mark Chillingworth reports With the...

Oxford libraries chose VTLS.(Oxford University Library Services)(VTLS Inc.)(Brief article)
November 7, 2005... Byline: Tracey Caldwell Oxford libraries choose VTLS Oxford University Library Services (OULS) has signed US company VTLS to supply its Virtua library management system, in a breakthrough deal for VTLS as it enters the competitive UK...

Financial sector faces money laundering fines.
November 7, 2005... Byline: Kim Thomas Thumbs up for lecture podcasts Physics department lectures at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth made available online as podcasts have proved so successful that the library is now creating a pool of recording...

ProQuest brings 19th Century periodicals into digital age.
November 7, 2005... Byline: kim thomas ProQuest brings 19th Century periodicals into digital age ProQuest Information and Learning, the aggregation specialist, has started a project to digitise nearly six million article pages from 19th century British...

Sheffield to open [pounds sterling]16m 'Information Commons'.(University of Sheffield)(Brief article)
November 7, 2005... Byline: Tracey Caldwelll Sheffield to open [pounds sterling]16m 'Information Commons' Sheffield University is bringing its IT and learning resources together in a [pounds sterling]16 million new building, called the Information...

Microsoft partners with Yahoo to digitise libraries.
November 7, 2005... Byline: Mark Chillingworth Microsoft partners with Yahoo to digitise libraries Microsoft takes on Google by joining Open Content Alliance Software giant Microsoft has joined the Open Content Alliance (OCA) and Yahoo to become...

Ovid goes multilingual.
November 7, 2005... Byline: Mark Chillingworth Ovid goes multilingual Medical content delivery specialist Ovid has announced a multilingual web interface, allowing users to search in 80 languages other than English. Lingua, unveiled at last...

fast search & Transfer sets out strategy to beat Google.(Fast Search and Transfer ASA)(Brief article)
November 7, 2005... Byline: mark chillingworth Fast Search & Transfer sets out strategy to beat Google Enterprise search vendor says partnerships with publishers will deliver one-stop desktop search Information providers, including Reed Elsevier, will...

FT subscribers forced change to embargo.
November 7, 2005... Byline: mark chillingworth FT subscribers forced change to embargo Customer power caused Financial Times to delay and then alter terms of midday embargo on news feeds to aggregators, writes Mark Chillingworth Subscribers to the...

Scirus to link to theses and dissertation collection.
November 7, 2005... Byline: tracey caldwell Scirus to link to theses and dissertation collection Elsevier's science-specific search engine, Scirus, is to link to the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (NDLTD) collection. Scirus...

Europe called on to build combined digital library.
November 7, 2005... Byline: Mark Chillingworth Europe called on to build combined digital library Viviane Reding, the EU information society and media commissioner, has announced a European Commission co-ordinated digitisation strategy for the creation of...

Tax group has its say on Wikipedia.(Wikipedia)(Critical essay)(Brief article)
November 7, 2005... Byline: Mark Chillingworth Tax group has its say on Wikipedia Organisation that represents interests of freelance workers adds its spin on two tax laws to Wikipedia The Professional Contractors Group (PCG), an organisation for...

ALPSP sets out OA 'facts'.
November 7, 2005... Byline: Bobby Pickering ALPSP sets out OA 'facts' Blackwell and Macmillan bosses jump on anti-open access bandwagon Bobby Pickering Leading lights in the scientific publishing community in the UK have endorsed the findings of...

Captiva captured by EMC.
November 7, 2005... Byline: Kim Thomas Captiva captured by EMC $275m takeover signals consolidation in document capture and ECM sector Kim Thomas EMC Documentum, the enterprise content management (ECM) and storage behemoth, is to acquire...

Doing digital at the library.(Brief article)
November 7, 2005... Byline: jonathan gordon till Doing digital at the library The recent emphasis on social inclusion has put pressure on libraries to deliver more of their services digitally. Jonathan Gordon-Till looks at a UK perspective Although...

feed your appetite for RSS.(really simple syndication)
November 7, 2005... Byline: Bobby Pickering Feed your appetite for RSS Setting up RSS and Atom feeds for automatically-updating news is a growing part of information provision. Bobby Pickering reviews an in-depth guide Content syndication feed...

Macmillan takes on Google Print. Publishers seeking copyright control offered BookStore platform, where titles can be searched for and bought.
November 16, 2005... Byline: Mark Chillingworth. Publishers wary of putting their titles online with Google can now side with publishing giant Macmillan, which, with its parent company Holtzbrinck Group, is developing a book digitisation platform to be called...

Cilip says security services can demand records. Spooks have powers to access information on books borrowed and websites accessed, writes Kim Thomas.
November 16, 2005... The security services and the police have the right to demand access to library records, the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (Cilip) has discovered. Under anti-terror legislation currently in force, MI5 or...

Editor's View - One man's facts.(Editorial)
November 16, 2005... Forget 9/11. Forget Katrina, Rita and Wilma. The real issues of our time are not cultures colliding or Mother Nature's retribution for greenhouse gases (the War on Terror and the War on Terra). We're living through a grand rebalancing of...

Financial sector faces money laundering fines. Companies accused of inadequate document management, writes Kim Thomas.
November 16, 2005... UK financial services companies could face [pounds sterling]230m in fines because their document management is inadequate to support anti-money laundering procedures, according to a report from Anacomp, a provider of outsourced information...

Oxford libraries choose VTLS.
November 16, 2005... Oxford University Library Services (OULS) has signed US company VTLS to supply its Virtua library management system, in a breakthrough deal for VTLS as it enters the competitive UK library automation market. OULS is the largest university...

Thumbs up for lecture podcasts.(Brief Article)
November 16, 2005... Physics department lectures at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth made available online as podcasts have proved so successful that the library is now creating a pool of recording devices to enable other departments to follow suit. ...

Verisign snaps up Moreover.
November 16, 2005... Byline: Mark Chillingworth. News aggregation service Moreover has its sights set on market heavyweights Factiva and LexisNexis following its acquisition by internet infrastructure provider Verisign. VeriSign, which is best known for...

Microsoft partners with Yahoo to digitise libraries. Microsoft takes on Google by joining Open Content Alliance.
November 16, 2005... Software giant Microsoft has joined the Open Content Alliance (OCA) and Yahoo to become a direct rival to Google in the scramble to digitise the world's libraries. MSN, the internet search and community division of Microsoft, will launch MSN...

Professional Award shortlist announced.
November 16, 2005... The final shortlist for the Information Professional of the Year Award has been released by Information World Review. IWR editor Bobby Pickering said the quality of nominations was outstanding, and thanked all those who took time to...

Sheffield to open [pounds sterling]16m 'Information Commons'.(University of Sheffield)(Brief Article)
November 16, 2005... Sheffield University is bringing its IT and learning resources together in a [pounds sterling]16 million new building, called the Information Commons (above). The centre is designed to complement existing IT and information resources, not...

ProQuest brings 19th Century periodicals into digital age.
November 16, 2005... ProQuest Information and Learning, the aggregation specialist, has started a project to digitise nearly six million article pages from 19th century British periodicals. The archive will be entitled British Periodicals, and will initially...

FT subscribers forced change to embargo. Customer power caused Financial Times to delay and then alter terms of midday embargo on news feeds to aggregators, writes Mark Chillingworth.
November 16, 2005... Subscribers to the Financial Times (FT) called on the business newspaper to re-negotiate its news-feed embargo with aggregators, causing the company to abandon its original launch date of 31 August. The embargo went ahead last week, 1...

Fast Search & Transfer sets out strategy to beat Google. Enterprise search vendor says partnerships with publishers will deliver one-stop desktop search.
November 16, 2005... Information providers, including Reed Elsevier, will be the key to users adopting a new desktop search application from Fast Search & Transfer, the Norwegian search vendor claims. Launching its Personal Search Platform (PSP), Fast said it...

Ovid goes multilingual.
November 16, 2005... Medical content delivery specialist Ovid has announced a multilingual web interface, allowing users to search in 80 languages other than English. Lingua, unveiled at last month's Frankfurt Book Fair, allows users to search for e-books and...

AAP files lawsuit against Google Print library project.
November 16, 2005... The Association of American Publishers (AAP) has filed a lawsuit against Google seeking an injunction against the Print for Libraries project. The suit was filed on behalf of publishers McGraw-Hill, Pearson Education, Penguin Group (USA), Simon...

Euromonitor goes for jargon-free Country Insights.(Euromonitor International Inc.)(Brief Article)
November 16, 2005... Euromonitor International has unveiled an internet service offering analysis of economic, political, social and demographic trends that affect countries and regions worldwide. Country Insight offers non-experts an "overview analysis" of markets...

IBM links into Google desktop search for enterprise.
November 16, 2005... IBM has released a free downloadable plug-in that makes its enterprise search technology accessible through the corporate edition of Google Desktop Search. The tool allows users of IBM WebSphere Information Integrator OmniFind Edition, a search...

EIU gives itself a Plus for ViewsWire service.(Economist Intelligence Unit)(Brief Article)
November 16, 2005... The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) has launched ViewsWire Plus, a modular daily intelligence service that draws on the EIU's global network of 700 analysts to provide market data, overviews, and management insight content. The service will...

Europe called on to build combined digital library.
November 16, 2005... Viviane Reding, the EU information society and media commissioner, has announced a European Commission co-ordinated digitisation strategy for the creation of a digital European library, linking the national libraries of member states. ...

Tax group has its say on Wikipedia. Organisation that represents interests of freelance workers adds its spin on two tax laws to Wikipedia.(Professional Contractors Group)(Brief Article)
November 16, 2005... The Professional Contractors Group (PCG), an organisation for freelance and temporary contract workers in the UK, has joined the authoring ranks of Wikipedia, the open source encyclopaedia. John Kell, political researcher for the PCG, has...

Scirus to link to theses and dissertation collection.(Brief Article)
November 16, 2005... Elsevier's science-specific search engine, Scirus, is to link to the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (NDLTD) collection. Scirus will index the NDLTD content on scirus.com and power a search of the repository. ...

Market Watch - Big players get sociable.
November 16, 2005... Announcements last month of information industry acquisitions indicate that recent innovations in social computing - such as blogs and wikis - are coming of age. AOL revealed it had agreed to buy Weblogs Inc, a network of 85 blogs covering...

Captiva captured by EMC. $275m takeover signals consolidation in document capture and ECM sector.
November 16, 2005... Byline: Kim Thomas. EMC Documentum, the enterprise content management (ECM) and storage behemoth, is to acquire Captiva, a provider of document capture software, for $275m. A definitive agreement has been signed between the two companies....

ALPSP sets out OA 'facts'. Blackwell and Macmillan bosses jump on anti-open access bandwagon.
November 16, 2005... Byline: Bobby Pickering. Leading lights in the scientific publishing community in the UK have endorsed the findings of a new ALPSP-backed study on open access publishing. The Facts About Open Access report has been compiled on behalf...

Content Selection Committee to give greater Scopus.(Scopus Technology Inc. )(Brief Article)
November 16, 2005... Elsevier's abstracting and indexing service, Scopus, launched last year, has formed a Content Selection Committee. The committee is made up of 20 scientists from a wide range of scientific disciplines and geographic locations, and 10 subject...

Google Print controversy charted in bibliography.
November 16, 2005... A free electronic bibliography tracking the debate surrounding the Google Print and Library digitisation projects has been produced by Charles Bailey, assistant dean for digital library planning and development at the University of Houston...

Nunwood adds Fizz to corporate portals.
November 16, 2005... British consulting and IT company Nunwood has launched an information management portal for large companies. Fizz is a server-based application that enables organisations to pool corporate and subscription information and then access it by a...

Wiley InterScience e-books move up to the MARC.
November 16, 2005... Scientific publisher John Wiley & Sons has upgraded its e-book service Wiley InterScience OnlineBooks with the integration of Machine Readable Cataloguing (MARC). All titles from the OnlineBooks range are included. MARC allows computers to...

Fretwell Downing Aspires to federated search.(information services)(Brief Article)
November 16, 2005... Library automation specialist Fretwell Downing Informatics (FDI) has developed a federated search service for further education. Aspire is a portal-based technology currently being development-tested by two establishments ready for full launch...

JSTOR deal links to Thomson's Web of Science.(Thomson Scientific)(Brief Article)
November 16, 2005... Web of Science, part of the Thomson Scientific ISI Web of Knowledge STM services, has agreed a linking deal with the JSTOR journal archive. Users of Web of Science can now link directly to the JSTOR Scholarly Archive, which adds 1.25 million...

Budget control tools added to SwetsWise 4.0.(SwetsWise management application)(Brief Article)
November 16, 2005... Subscription management specialist Swets has released version 4.0 of its SwetsWise management application. As well as improving the navigation features, the Dutch company has added tools for creating budget control reports and improved the...

Conference report - Science sees fearless future. Leading figures in STM publishing got together in France late last month to chew the fat over the state of the STM publishing market. Dr Wendy Warr was there, and here presents a personal view of the major issues that were discussed at the event.
November 16, 2005... When the International Chemical Information Conference started in 1989, it included papers on chemical structures that would have passed muster in leading cheminformatics journals. Over the years, the nature of the conference has changed....

Opinion - Shut up until you have something to say. David Tebbutt has had it up to here with blogs - especially the reams of irrelevant and plain wrong rubbish that the so-called A-list post between occasional gems.
November 16, 2005... I've spent a year deeply immersed in the public blog world and, frankly, I'm sick of it. So-called A-list bloggers spout whatever's on their minds, just because they're A-list bloggers and it's what they do. They can't stop because their...

Profile - Biggest aims for better. The Oxford University Press is by far the largest university press in the world. This, Martin Richardson tells Jane Dudman, puts it in a unique position to spread the risk as it embarks on experiments with new publishing models, pricing strategies and alternative revenue streams.
November 16, 2005... OUP is an imprint known throughout the world and some of its books, notably the Oxford English Dictionary, have arguably become more famous than the university and the city from which it comes. Henry Reece, OUP's chief executive, tells a...

Five-year plans - Strategic thinking. What's in a library or information department's five-year plan - navel-gazing and fantasy, or a genuine attempt to set a path that everyone can follow? Tracey Caldwell delved into the thoughts shaping a variety of information strategies.
November 16, 2005... There is little of the mystical in the day-to-day role of information professionals. Yet when they have to commit themselves to paper for one of the most important management documents, there is an uncomfortable amount of crystal-ball gazing...

Profile - Broadcast conversations. Euan Semple has been an advocate for using cutting-edge technologies at the BBC to create dialogue and foster creativity among its widespread talent pool. He talks to David Tebbutt about what motivates him and the challenges he has faced.
November 16, 2005... Euan Semple's eclectic background has brought him into intimate contact with people from all points in the social spectrum. From a comprehensive school near Glasgow he went to St Andrews, where he rubbed shoulders with Old Etonians. He...

Group test; blogging tools - Voice choice. Davey Winder evaluates a cross section of the tools available for those who want to talk to the world. From creation, editing and management applications to hosted blogging services, this is all you need to start publishing an enterprise-wide blog.(weblogs)
November 16, 2005... There's no doubt that the nature of corporate communications is changing. The top-down model, with memos and newsletters, is quickly being replaced with a less formal, less hierarchical one, in which open debate and instant feedback are the...

Sector update - News and reference services. The variety and number of news and reference sources is bewildering: they offer everything from rolling business news feeds to centuries old newspaper archives, in many formats and price bands. But after a look at our comprehensive round-up of providers and services you should be well on your way to working out which will deliver what you need.
November 16, 2005... BBC MONITORING www.monitor.bbc.co.uk Overview: BBC Monitoring brings news from across the world's media to analysts, governments and businesses alike. Skilled editorial staff track more than 3,000 sources in the international media,...

Resources - Site review - LexisNexis fine tunes legal eagle database. When we last looked at LexisNexis Butterworths service we felt it was far from intuitive - and that it would slow down lawyers in a hurry. Eira Hayward finds that judicious fine tuning has transformed the interface, improved navigation and added useful customisation options.
November 16, 2005... LexisNexis has long been known for the vast range of its legal content, but, last time we looked at its new LN Butterworths service, getting access to that legal content wasn't the most intuitive of experiences. When IWR reviewed the online...

Resources - Pointing your peers in the right direction. Connotea is a "social bookmarking" trailblazer that enables scientists to quickly and easily share and tag the online resources they find valuable in their work. Mark Chillingworth pays a visit to the community, and finds that everyone's research ideas can help everyone else.(Connotea)
November 16, 2005... Since its inception, the internet has enabled people to inform anyone who cares what's on their bookshelf or the CDs they listen to. But now the idea has been taken several steps forward with the full introduction of Connotea, a free-to-use web...

Resources - New face of Walford on the starter's block. The first volume in a major three-part upgrading of the Walford Guide to Reference Material goes half way to meeting the demands of a publishing world turned upside down by the internet. Bobby Pickering thinks it's a great print resource in search of a website.[QQ].
November 16, 2005... [PP] 43 [PL] UK The New Walford Guide To Reference Resources Volume 1: Science Technology and Medicine (TNW1) is a weighty tome - an 848-page monster of a hardback, priced at a weighty [pounds sterling]149.95, that's designed to sit with...

Resources - Cambridge Online gets pushy. New Cambridge Journals Online platform can be configured to deliver the content you want - so you don't have to go searching for it. Mark Chillingworth reports.
November 16, 2005... With the re-launch of its online journals platform, Cambridge University Press (CUP) has focused on a personal touch that enables users to select the content they want and then leave it to the CUP technology to deliver the results. But...

Resources - Don't end up on the TIP. Sue Myburgh warns that traditional information professionals (TIPs) have become an endangered species. Tracey Caldwell looks at her theories and predictions.(The New Information Professional: How to thrive in the Information Age doing what you)(Brief Article)(Book Review)
November 16, 2005... This book has an intriguing subtitle: "How to thrive in the Information Age doing what you love." It also suggests that times are changing, and extinction looms unless you adapt. Author Sue Myburgh begins The New Information Professional by...

Resources - Thomson joins the iPod generation with NETg.
November 16, 2005... NETg, the e-learning division of education publisher Thomson, has joined the masses that are adopting the Apple iPod MP3 audio player - but as a content provider. Four Podcasts - audio broadcasts that are downloaded onto MP3 players - are now...

Resources - Ebsco hosts new journal and database search service.
November 16, 2005... Subscriptions agent Ebsco has created a single interface service, dubbed EJS E-Journals, for searching its EbscoHost database and its Electronic Journals Service (EJS). The service is available to customers with a subscription to at least one...

Resources - Book reviewers reviewed in HWWilson retrospective.
November 16, 2005... A database of 300,000 books and 1.5 million book reviews is now available from database publisher HW Wilson. Book Review Digest Retrospective 1905-1982 is a comprehensive database of books and reviews, which catalogue the ideas and literature...

Resources - Emerald acquires international accountancy titles.
November 16, 2005... Emerald Group Publishing has completed an international shopping spree, bringing home four titles to add to its portfolio of accounting and investment serials. The journal Qualitative Research in Accounting and Management heads north from the...

Resources - Springer takes on Urban Health journal from OUP.
November 16, 2005... Scientific publisher Springer will take over from OUP as the publisher of the Journal of Urban Health from January. Published for the New York Academy of Medicine, the journal will become bi-monthly and be available on the SpringerLink online...

Resources - LaTeX eases Physics journal into the Nature portfolio.
November 16, 2005... Nature Publishing Group has launched a new journal for the physics community. Nature Physics is also the first journal from the Nature Publishing house to use the LaTeX XML workflow platform. "LaTeX is the standard tool of the physics...

Resources - JISC secures JSTOR stats and maths.(oint Information Systems Committee)(Brief Article)
November 16, 2005... Universities in the UK can now gain access to the JSTOR Mathematics and Statistics Collection following a deal between the US database host and the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC). Thirty specialist titles in this collection will be...

Resources - Feed your appetite for RSS. Setting up RSS and Atom feeds for automatically-updating news is a growing part of information provision. Bobby Pickering reviews an in-depth guide.(Developing Feeds with RSS and Atom)(Book Review)
November 16, 2005... Content syndication feed technologies are rapidly becoming a major part of the information environment. Many info pros will have been involved in setting up desktop news aggregation services for users, into which RSS (Really Simple Syndication)...

Resources - Doing digital at the library. The recent emphasis on social inclusion has put pressure on libraries to deliver more of their services digitally. Jonathan Gordon-Till looks at a UK perspective.(Delivering Digital Services)(Brief Article)(Book Review)
November 16, 2005... Although it is ostensibly aimed at those who work in public libraries, the issues discussed in this book may equally be applied to other public sector offices, such as local authorities, where the demands of interoperability and the delivery of...

Resources - Training.(Calendar)
November 16, 2005... STN basics 16 November 2005, Cambridge New users of the scientific information service STN can attend this free one-day course at the Cambridge headquarters of the Royal Society of Chemistry, which is an agent for STN in the UK and...

Event preview - It's showtime! There's no business like show business - and there's no exhibition like Online Information at London's Olympia, from 29 November to 1 December. IWR editor Bobby Pickering gives a few pointers on how advance planning and research can help you make the most of this three-day ideas summit and industry showcase.
November 16, 2005... Online Information is the show of shows for information professionals - a wide-ranging exhibition with real relevance in a fast-moving industry, alongside a jam-packed conference and an unmissable awards evening. For many, it squeezes a...

Diary.(Calendar)
November 16, 2005... Talis Insight 2005 15-16 November 2005, Birmingham Hilton Metropole Library automation vendor Talis is putting on an annual event for its users in Birmingham. The event is themed under the slogan "Above and beyond: exceeding customer...

Backchat - Fast route to the Mouse House.(Brief Article)
November 16, 2005... So which Mickey Mouse organisation has gone and signed up with the Norwegian enterprise search high-flyer, FAST Search & Transfer? None other than the Walt Disney Company, which will now be able to track down all its intellectual and...

Backchat - McKinstry climbs high in league of top women bosses.(Nancy McKinstry)(Brief Article)
November 16, 2005... Good to see Wolters Kluwer's head honchorino (is this the feminine equivalent of honcho? - Ed) in a list of the top 25 female bosses in Europe. The FT Magazine's editors compiled the list last month, placing Nancy McKinstry at number five - the...

Backchat - Endgame The quiz for the most INFORMED information professionals!
November 16, 2005... DOUBLE ROLLOVER JACKPOT! WIN [pounds sterling]30 DRINKS VOUCHERS It's a DOUBLE ROLLOVER this month, as no correct entries were received to last month's Endgame (are we making these questions too hard? - Ed). So that means a bigger...